After losing her beloved Sadie unexpectedly on January 17, 2009, Rita took to her bed for a week in deep grief and despair. It is a sad but inevitable fact that one day we will have to say good bye to our beloved cat children, sometimes much sooner than we would have liked. Our deep attachment to them often evokes a grief that is much deeper than what we feel when we lose a member of our human family. These feelings of sadness are deep and often overwhelming, even debilitating. While society at large may not understand, those of us who have loved a special kitty certainly do.

Sadie’s Heart is a story about loving and losing our feline family members and how to cope with the sadness. Written by Rita Reimers, Feline Behaviorist and owner of Cats 90210, a Professional Cat Sitting Company located in Beverly Hills, California, Rita shares her own personal loss of her special cat, Sadie. Anyone who has ever loved a cat will relate to her story and the raw emotions she shares. It is Rita’s goal to help others who are experiencing this type of loss to feel less alone in their grief. More importantly, she reassures us that we can once again find joy, and perhaps a new kitty love, after losing our feline best friend.

Rita currently shares her home with many wonderful felines, but still misses her special Sadie kitty.

With cats ranging in age from 16-years to 5-months living under one roof, plus owning and operating a successful Professional Cat Sitting Company, Cats 90210 of Beverly Hills, Rita has seen and experienced the same issues many cat owners face. While her kitties do live together in harmony, it takes work to blend a cat household this diverse, and to keep every feline member happy and peaceful.

As a dedicated volunteer with Save-a-Life Animal Rescue, and as “Cat Expert” and contributing writer for the Found Animals Foundation, Rita often sees first-hand the heartbreak of families giving up their cats to rescues and shelters. Often these kitties are surrendered simply because their owners didn’t know what to do to stop their cat’s unwanted behaviors. Unfortunately, many of these cats get lost in the system (or worse) and never again know the love and security of having their own family. Rita is writing this book in the hope that she will prevent some of these precious kitties from being surrendered and/or euthanized.

Whether you have one cat or many, at some point behavioral issues can and probably will occur. Sometimes the solutions are simple ones, but sometimes they are more difficult to determine. Rita’s goal is to help you and your kitties live together in harmony and mutual respect, so that your cat can remain with you in his loving home forever.